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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Louisville, KY

February 21, 2022Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2022, 8:23 PM CST for Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It took effect at Feb 22, 2022, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2022, 8:23 PM CST (02:23 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 22, 2022, 2:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 4, 2022, 9:55 PM CST
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Tell City (TELI3).

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 38 ft
Moderate stage: 44 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Feb 21, 8:19 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 8:19 PM CST, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 22, 8:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	33 min
Feb 22, 8:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	53 min
Feb 22, 8:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe, Simpson, Warren	34 min
Feb 22, 9:07 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
Feb 22, 9:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Barren, Green, Metcalfe	30 min
Feb 22, 9:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson	37 min
Feb 22, 9:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Trimble	65 min
Feb 22, 9:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	23 min
Feb 22, 10:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Metcalfe and 3 more	30 min
Feb 22, 5:32 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 9 more	5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2022 River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.